Medicine and Health Law in Modern America. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: ENGL 102 with a grade of C or higher, and a course fulfilling the History and Humanities GER 200 level course with a grade of C or higher. Examines the legal and ethical aspects of medical and public health practice in the United States from 1900 to the present. Topics include the rights and responsibilities of physicians and patients, the roles of government in promoting health, the rise of health law and bioethics, the tensions between civil liberties and public health, as well as evolving notions of harm, liability, uncertainty, and proof as they relate to the history of medical and public health practice. This course may be used to satisfy a three credit 300 level GER in History and Humanities.